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A. RUSH-FORTH. AUTOMATIC GOUPLING FOR RAILWAY WAGONS, am

No. 592,210. Patented Oct. 19,1897;

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2., A. RUSHFORTH. AUTOMATIC COUPLING FOR RAILWAYWAGONS, &c.

(NoModeL) Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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present in use.

UNITED STATES V PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR RUSHFORTI-I, OF BRADFORD, ENGLAND.

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,210, dated.October 19,1897.

Application filed was. 3,1896. Serial No. 607,753. (No model.)

ject the automatic coupling of such vehicles upon the same coming incontact with each other, without the necessity of an attendant passingbetween or underneath the wagons, as is the case with couplings of theordinary description, thereby minimizing the danger of accident andeffecting a saving of labor.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe thesame in detail by making reference to the accompany ingsheets ofdrawings, in which- Figure l-represents a plan view of portions of tworailway-Wagons with my improved-coupling applied thereto, the two wagonsbeing in a coupled position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of same withaportion of head-posts and buffers removed for .purpose of betterillustration. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the two wagons uncoupled.Fig. at is an end .view of a wagon with my improvement attached, andFigs. 5 and 6 are enlarged details.

The wagon or the like is of the ordinary description, and my inventionto be mounted thereto requires no alteration to the Vehicle whatever.The draw-bar hook A is mounted in a jaw B by means of a fulcrum-pin O.The extension-rod B of jaw B passes through the headstock D and isconnected to what is known as the spring-buckle in exactly the samemanner as the ordinary draw-bar hook at T0 the draw-bar hook A, I

mount a link or the like E, connected by a pin at F to one end of arodG. Theopposite end of the said rod is connected to a bell-crank leverH, pivoted at a: on a bracket J, secured to the head-stock D. The saidbell-crank 1ever H is provided with a counterbalanceweight W. The endsof the said draw-bar hooks A are formed at an angle, so that they slidepast eachother upon the wagons being run together and are moved in thedirection of the respective curved arrows, thereby raising the weightsW, and as soon as the ends of the hooks A are clear of each other theaction of the weights W cause the hooks to return to their normalposition and automatically engage with each other, thereby effectuallycoupling the wagons without the aid of an attendant.

In' order to uncouple the wagons, the butfers are brought together, andon raising the bell-crank lever H at X the link F and rod G areoperated, causing the draw-bar hook A to move in the'direction of thebefore-mentioned curved arrowclear of the other drawbar hook, therebyuncoupling the Wagons.

' What I claim as my invention is-'- In combination in a car-coupling,the jaws B, B, the hooks pivoted thereto to move horizontally, saidhooks having their hooked ends extending vertically from their shank portions and inclined in relation to each other whereby they may slide pasteach other when contacting and the weighted lever connections to thepivoted hooks for controlling the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

- Witnesses:

WM. PREST, J OSEPH KIRBY.

